I HATE frickin' salad. But I had it for lunch and I had it for dinner. I didn't even have that glass of wine I like with Project Runway tonight. (I actually looked into whether or not drinking a glass of wine is any worse than consuming some other form of 150 calories when trying to lose weight. I am happy to report that I found ample justification for my behavior: "One study showed that among female twins, body fat actually decreases with increasing alcohol consumption. Other researchers have also found that heavy drinking reduces body fat, but...." So apparently I need to drink heavily to be skinny -- I may need to increase my consumption. And, nope, not giving y'all the rest of that sentence.) PLUS I did a 45-minute Firm workout this morning. So, once again, I'm expecting big results on the scale in the morning. Pray for me, please.
Because you know there'll be some serious bitching if things don't go well on the scale in the am.
The problem with wine, like all etoh beverages, is that the calories
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No vitamins, no protein, no value except the calories themselves.
One 150 cal glass of wine=3 cookies calorie-wise. Only benefit for nutrition is lack of cookies' fat. So really, a veggie smoothie with a hint of vodka would be better for you than wine. But who wants a Veggie Mary? A Snap Pea Martini? A Broccoli Manhattan? Rather have grilled asparagus with Viogner on the side!
I can admit this morning, after a good night's rest, and despite the fact that my squidge is more noticeable than ever and the scale hasn't budged (frickin' scale), the stuff I read also said that the alcohol gets burned BEFORE your other fat. So fat burning is delayed when you drink, as the body burns that up before it gets back to burning the fat you've already got and are trying to lose. Sigh. It really was the ONLY vice I had left to me. But I do have to lose another 5 pounds by Christmas.
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